Monthly Archives: May 2005

NewsFox

NewsFox–a lightweight RSS reader plugin for Firefox that doesn’t suck. I’ve been using NewsFox for a few weeks now and have been pretty happy with the results. NewsFox is a no-frills approach to download the latest headlines fast and get … Continue reading

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Basking in the Consumer Glow

Finally, finally, finally, after four years of waiting, drooling, and pining, I was able to buy one of these. And all I had to do was lose my job. (Well, okay, and then find another job before the severance ran … Continue reading

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Mark Pilgrim is Back

Dive into Greasemonkey. I’ve not been paying much attention to Greasemonkey–in part because of the dumb name. Now that Mark has written something, I may just have to learn more.

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Too Simple

As a follow up to my goal of boosting our Google rank for the words “greenwich village,” it occured to me while hacking some site templates that a very minor tweak could possibly reap some huge benefits. If you check … Continue reading

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A brief history of Word

A brief history of Word. I found this article when I was looking for answers to common Word problems. For instance, why is it every time I use a style editor, Word insists on bulleting every line of text in … Continue reading

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Benefits

Benefits. She said, ‘Paul, what can you do? I’m one of the poor people in America now. At least I’m not alone.’ And she’s happy for me that I have entered the insured class and can enjoy the blessings of … Continue reading

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Adobe and Macromedia Merge

As told by John Gruber: Given that the Bush administration would likely approve a merger of the entire Fortune 25 into a single corporation, we’re quite confident this transaction will go through. Seriously.

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Pass on this one

So, there’s a new free Google product available for download called the Google Accelerator. It’s available here, but you’d best to let this one pass you by. The accelerator uses a concept called a proxy to store web visited pages … Continue reading

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TVC Tops Google

TVC tops Google on the keywords “greenwich village church,” taking down long-time champion St. Joseph’s in the Village. This accessibility stuff, it matters. Our next target: to reach the top 10 hits for this search.

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